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Cheirotonia or
Chirotonia (Gr****: χειροτονία)
etymologically means "hand-stretching." It
acquired a few
different meanings,
which survive as technical...
- (diocesan) life. The
Eastern Orthodox Church considers ordination (known as
cheirotonia, "laying on of hands") to be a
sacred mystery (μυστήριο, what in the...
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ordination is one of the
seven sacraments,
variously called holy
orders or
cheirotonia ("Laying on of Hands").
Apostolic succession is
considered an essential...
- In Christianity, the
laying on of
hands (Gr****:
cheirotonia – χειροτονία, literally, "laying-on of hands") is both a
symbolic and
formal method of invoking...
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through the
Sacred Mystery (sacrament) of the
laying on of
hands (called
cheirotonia) by bishops.
Priests and
deacons are
ordained by
their own
diocesan bishop...
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ordained to the diaconate. The
bishop has
placed his
omophorion and
right hand on the head of the
candidate and is
reading the
Prayer of
Cheirotonia....
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ordained to the diaconate. The
bishop has
placed his
omophorion and
right hand on the head of the
candidate and is
reading the
Prayer of
Cheirotonia....
- Acts of the
Apostles (1:15–26; 6:2–61).
Election and
ordination (Gr****:
cheirotonia - χειροτονία, literally, "laying-on of hands") are two
separate actions...
- Christianity,
laying on of
hands is used for the
ordination (called
cheirotonia) of the
higher clergy (bishops,
priests and deacons), and is also performed...
- are
ordained by
Cheirothesia - literally, "to
place hands" -
whereas Cheirotonia - "to
stretch out the hands" - is
practised at the
ordination of the...
